City farmland tax hike approved by Senate
Iowa Senate votes 34 10 to raise city farmland and farm home taxes to equal rural rates. The bill would set farmland taxes at 3.00 per 1000 valuation and farm homes at 8.10 per 1000, with amendments affecting special assessments. Debate cites fairness versus city service concerns as measures move toward the House and governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Roger Shaff
R-Camanche
Norman Rodgers
D-Adel
Shaff
House
Rodgers
David Readinger
Urbandale
Farm Auctions Tuesday March 28 Near Central City
Auction listing notes a Close Zout sale at 1 p.m. featuring machinery, household goods by Hugh Norris four miles west of Central City. Also recalls floods of 1913 that killed over 1400 people across Ohio Indiana and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Norris
Central City
Thorpe
Manchester
Iowa
Dundee
Allis Chalmers
M&w
Eldorado
ASE
Texas
Point Mevement
Alburnett
Rogers Crossing
John Deere
Kewonee
Noble
P.T.O
John Deere Combine
Ford
Silo prank leads to wedding vows in Iowa City
Russell Miller, the target of a long running prank, plans to wed Joy Jennings next Sunday. Friends had painted a Woman Wanted sign on his silo last fall and a new sign saying Mission Accomplished I'm Getting Married appeared Saturday. Miller, a jokester who is recently divorced, intends to grin and bear it and move the plastic silo bag to a new location next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Miller
Miller
Joy Jennings
Iowa City
Miller's Sile
Riverside
Joy
Kidder
Farm novelty bag aims at cheap airtight silos
Miller promotes a plastic bag system from Eberhard Silo Presse that claims the same airtight advantages as costly silos at a fraction of the price. He used a bag with a Woman Wanted sign first and plans to empty the last bag when ground dries, while his fiancée supports the plan and their two year dating note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eberhard Silo Presse
Miller
Carter designates National Farm Safety Week
President Carter proclaimed the week of July 25 as National Farm Safety Week urging farmers to make safety an integral part of all activities. He warned that accidents destroy lives bodies and economic resources of farm families. Farm safety leaders believe most accidents could be prevented with better hazard control and practices. The note recalls Explorer III launch from 20 years ago.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
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Readinger
James Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Ohio
Indiana
Jersey
Ambrose Hess
Worthington
Peterman
John A. Steines
Metight of Coggan
Waterhouse Auctioneers
Wes
Marv
Martin Brothers
Weatherhead Hose Service Center
I.D
Cary Bolton
Iirrtvco
6Th St
Russ
U.S
Army
Hertz Farm Management, Inc
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Iowa Farm Multiple
National Farm & Land Institute
Iowa Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Palisades Road
Mt. Vernon
District Court of
Linn County
Laura B. Steele
Lisbon Road
Irr. Sur. S.E
Lincoln Highway
No. 30
HP Serr
New Lennox
Mt. Vernon City Corporation
Lisbon Bank & Trust Co
Wilbur Colby
Noel Ostander
R.B. Wolfe
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission, Inc
Mechanicsville
WMT
Eli Shada
Independence
Jesup
Massey-Ferguson
Hart Carter
Oliver
Brady
Lilliston
Case
IHC
Walsh
Schultz
Dohrman
New Holland
Ktory
S.R
Clarence Bailey
Wayne Miller
Security State Bank
Center Point Jaycees
Center Point
NuWay
Aristrocrat
Kirby
Virgil Heins
Gabby Voss
Bud Smith
Kenneth Ines
Farmers State Bank
Everybody's Corner
Brandon
Allis-Chalmers
Kewanee
Midwest Harrow
Lindsay
Sears
Johnson
Alvin Reedy
Harrow
JIM Johnson
Owatonna
Westendorf
Viking
Gehl
Kool
Tod
Marlis Wyatt
Dick & John Lehman
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